[bestbits] Letters from Indian Civil Society organisations to the Chair of NetMundial regarding appointment of civil society co-chair

[Izumi AIZU]

Hi,
I also share the discomfort expressed by Indian civil society groups on the
selection process, but was afraid to say more than that  as I have little
capacity and interest in examining what is true or who is right inside
Indian CS community.

Thus I echo with Anriette's fairly neutral, honest and constructive
approach.

Let's move on.

Izumi


2014年4月10日木曜日、McTim<dogwallah at gmail.com>さんは書きました:

> I agree with Ian.
>
> These seem to be unfounded allegations.  In short a smear campaign
> with zero evidence behind it.
>
> "Deepening the controversy, Bhatia also appears to be particularly
> close to one of the civil society bodies on the MAG. Media for Change
> is a trust operated by Subi Chaturvedi, an assistant professor at
> Delhi-based Lady Shri Ram College for women. "
>
> Being "particularly close" is not evidence of any wrongdoing.
>
> I agree with Anriette.  It is also impolitic.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 5:10 AM, parminder <parminder at itforchange.net>
> wrote:
> > Ian
> >
> > Your response is well I dont know whether I should call it shocking or
> > amusing... As the article shows, it is not about Subi but what and who is
> > behind her. One question occurs to me to ask you and I will be happy if
> you
> > respond to it. Would you have been as indifferent if you had learnt on
> > considerable evidence that someone had been planted into the position of
> > civil society co chair of NetMundial by say, the Iranian government? Why
> > would a similar subversive act of US big business look any different to
> you,
> > and your supporters here?
> >
> > parminder
> >
> > PS: The shocking part are the considerable allegations your email below
> > makes about the Indian civil society groups involved and the journalist/
> > newspaper who wrote the article... I simply dont know what to make of
> your
> > stance.
> >
> >
> > On Thursday 10 April 2014 12:53 PM, Ian Peter wrote:
> >
> > Hi Parminder,
> >
> > I did respond last time you posted information on this several weeks
> back,
> > but let me respond again as this is escalating.
> >
> > Firstly, I agree with you and the Indian civil society groups that the
> > appointment and the way it was undertaken was less than optimal. I also
> > agree that far more experienced candidates in the area of internet
> > governance were available - including from India, and including women
> from
> > India.
> >
> > However, despite her inexperience in internet governance areas, Subi
> > Chaturvedi appears to be quite active in civil society issues,
> particularly
> > feminist issues. I am concerned that what is happening is that this is
> > becoming an increasingly personal attack on a young Indian woman whose
> only
> > “crime”, as far as I can see, is being ambitious. And there are plenty
> more
> > of us who share that.
> >
> > The newspaper article clearly was written with the assistance of some
> civil
> > society groups or members to discredit her. It is not regular “news”, and
> > may or may not be accurate in all of its assertions. However, it has the
> > elements of a personal attack.
> >
> > So I am personally uncomfortable with pursuing this any further, while
> > recognising that it was important for Indian NGOs to make the initial
> > contact with the Chair to express reservations. Someone has given less
> than
> > optimal advice to the Chair, and we may not have the best civil society
> rep
> > appointed, but I believe the most important thing now is not to pursue
> > personal attacks and to work as best we can during NetMundial in the
> > prevailing circumstances.
> >
> > Ian Peter
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > From: parminder
> > Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 3:47 PM
> > To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org ; mailto:bestbits at lists.bestbits.net
> > Subject: [governance] Re: [bestbits] Letters from Indian Civil Society
> > organisations to the Chair of NetMundial regarding appointment of civil
> > society co-chair
> >
> >
> > I wonder if civil society groups have any response to the below...
> >
> > this issue was first brought to the notice to global civil society
> groups a
> > few weeks back when almost all civil society organisations from India
> wrote
> > a letter against appointment of Subi as co chair of NetMundial... It was
> > most disappointing to face a stony silence from the global networks with
> > regard to that representation, which is indeed disrespectful of the
> Indian
> > civil society.
> >
> > Now, we have a newspaper report which not only produces evidence of
> > plagiarism against Subi but , much more importantly, also shows clearly
> who
> > is behind her installation as NetMundial Co chair - the US big business.
> And
> > still no response.
> >
> > May I request the IGC co-cos to take up this issue. And also 1Net
> steering
> > committee members, and civil society members of the executive committee
> and
> > high level committee.
> >
> > At least please respond to the issue.
> >
> > If civil society reps wont respond to this issue, I am not sure what they
> > would respond to, and in which manner they then 'represent' civil
> society...
> > Here there is practically the entire Indian civil society involved in IG
>


-- 
                     >> Izumi Aizu <<
Institute for InfoSocionomics, Tama University, Tokyo
Institute for HyperNetwork Society, Oita,
Japan
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